Tagged: jobs act

January 15, 2013 @ 1:01 am By Washington Business Journal  |  

The SEC is dragging its feet on hashing out the rules for equity crowdfunding, and thekvetching from crowdfunding advocates is growing louder. Mary Schapiro stepping down as SEC chairwoman hasn’t exactly lifted hopes that the agency will produce a set of rules in a timely fashion. AOL co-founder and… Read More

January 14, 2013 @ 4:00 am By VentureBeat  |  

Imagine if your favorite neighborhood bakery or a local start-up conducted an IPO. Could personal relationships drive local investments and investor profit? In economic times like these, investment in their neighbors will appeal to investors of every stripe. The purpose of this post is to… Read More

January 13, 2013 @ 11:51 am By Charles Luzar  |  

This article is part two in a series on entrepreneurship and access to capital. I recently talked to Richard Seline, Principal of Global NextGen Advisors, who just spoke at the Crowdfund Texas conference. He also offers support to the entrepreneurial community through his organization, Competitive Texas. As crowdfunding rules are… Read More

January 12, 2013 @ 12:50 pm By Search Engine Watch  |  

Since the JOBS Act was signed into law in April 2012, crowdfunding campaigns and platforms have been growing like wildflowers. There are many choices for businesses, entrepreneurs and marketing consultants but also some equity-based crowdfunding uncertainties with pending Securities and Exchange Commission rules. I recently… Read More

January 11, 2013 @ 10:32 am By Howard Orloff, IPO Village  |  

After reflecting on the event at Crowdfund Texas, I have come to the firm belief that the upcoming IPO(s) from IPO Village will encourage movement on the rules that will ultimately  govern equity crowdfunding. Equity Crowdfunding will bring about a new asset class that will… Read More

January 9, 2013 @ 4:56 am By Forbes  |  

The CrowdfundTX Conference featured an impressive assemblage of crowdfunding leaders from around the country. Organizer, Chris Camillo who sits on the board of the Crowdfunding Professionals Association, noted that bringing this group of “speakers together may never happen again.” The conference kept participants glued to their… Read More

January 8, 2013 @ 9:33 pm By Inc.  |  

The president signed the JOBS Act into law in April, fueling a boom in crowdfunding companies. But the SEC is stalling. What’s the hold up? In an afternoon ceremony at the White House on April 5, 2012, President Obama signed off on the creation of… Read More

January 6, 2013 @ 5:26 pm By Technorati  |  

Wasting little time in sending shockwaves of monetary madness across socially supported business models, our Federal government perhaps just set the stage for economic disaster amongst financial and technology sectors, with little initial recourse available.  Single entrepreneurs earning beyond $400k may skiff minuscule fiduciary responsibility… Read More

January 5, 2013 @ 6:42 pm By NYTimes.com  |  

RYAN CALDBECK was stumped. A director at a private equity firm, he was taking part in a panel discussion at a consumer goods conference last summer in New York when an entrepreneur raised his hand with a question: Where could a young company with just a few… Read More

January 3, 2013 @ 1:22 am By TechCrunch  |  

One of the most powerful positions in the U.S. goverment may be up for grabs if Republicans follow through on a growing opposition to House Speaker John Boehner (CrunchGov Grade: B). Opposition for his re-election tomorrow from members of his own party began pouring in after an… Read More

January 2, 2013 @ 1:13 pm By Mark Mohler, Crowdfunding Law  |  

They missed the deadline.  We knew they would.  They knew the deadline was coming for months and months but they did nothing but offer platitudes.  They knew what the stakes were for a fragile recovery.  They placed another self-inflicted wound on the economy anyhow.  It… Read More

January 2, 2013 @ 12:51 pm By Forbes  |  

Recently I wrote about a new funding source for entrepreneurs: crowdfunding. Right now, small businesses can raise money from the online crowd in exchange for a give-away, such as a product or service. Hopefully sometime in 2013 the rules and guidelines for the Jumpstart Our Business… Read More

December 31, 2012 @ 9:33 am By Charles Luzar  |  

In this video, Sherwood Neiss of Startup Exemption and Crowdfund Capital Advisors explains the JOBS Act and how crowdfunding can help small businesses.

December 31, 2012 @ 8:48 am By JD Alois  |  

  As the top ten lists start to pore in from every corner of the media world, Crowdfunding will certainly not be spared.  Coming from the Washington Post – doyenne of main stream media – is a list of Top 10 stories for Small Business.  At… Read More

December 30, 2012 @ 2:16 pm By JD Alois  |  

There was a recent release this past week coming from a law firm, titled: Are Massachusetts Crowdfunding Actions a Sign of Things to Come? This appeared to highlight the forthcoming risks of crowdfunding.  The statement starts by declaring; Massachusetts’s regulators recently filed fraud actions against… Read More

December 29, 2012 @ 2:51 am By DailyFinance  |  

Shares of Ma ‘n’ Pa’s Grocery and Funeral Services seem likely to be stalled in their release to the public. While the café-crematorium concept hasn’t caught on with the big boys, companies were hopeful that the end of the year would see new legislation regarding crowd-sourced… Read More

December 18, 2012 @ 3:35 am By Washington Business Journal  |  

During the crazy startup bubble times of the late-1990s, money was flowing into venture capital funds faster and at higher volumes than water flowing into Hurricane Sandy-ravaged subway stations in lower Manhattan. Professional venture capitalists rushed to invest billions of dollars taking substantial positions in… Read More

December 17, 2012 @ 9:14 pm By Ecopreneurist  |  

Those involved directly in the crowdfunding industry and businesses that have been eagerly awaiting the new crowdfunding regulations recently heard a bit of news causing a lot of cringing, heartburn and further disappointment in a system that already had a lot to prove. The Securities… Read More

December 14, 2012 @ 10:50 pm By St. Louis Business Journal  |  

Last week I pointed out that despite all of the hype around crowd funding for startups, it’s still illegal to crowdfund in exchange for equity. Well, it still is, but there has been a small development in the saga of the JOBS Act since then. In a… Read More

December 13, 2012 @ 11:32 am By CFIRA  |  

Washington, D.C. – December 11, 2012 – Senators Jeff Merkley (D-OR) and Michael Bennet (D-CO) urged Chairman Mary Schapiro of the Securities Exchange Commission to request that rules governing crowdfunding activities be issued quickly. Merkley and Bennet were lead sponsors on the CROWDFUND Act, which was… Read More